Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz leaves the stage Jan. 19, 2013, after delivering a speech at her inaugural ceremony at the Statehouse, Indianapolis.

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No doubt about it, the Indiana State Teachers Association came out of the statewide November elections with a big winner.

One of its own, teacher and union activist Glenda Ritz, won election as superintendent of public instruction, upsetting Republican incumbent Tony Bennett to grab control of the state's top education post.